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Dear brothers and sisters, as we come to the sacred occasion of Ashura there are many different things to decipher and to talk about but I wanted to focus on one thing that ties together the incidents both of the Hizri calendar and the incidents of Ashura specifically.

Subhanallah there are many different things to take from this occasion that we could speak about in regards to the virtues of the day as it exists now which is obviously that first and foremost an opportunity to have your sins forgiven.

Another mercy from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that he has sent to us one of his nafahat, one of his seasons of mercy but the Prophet ﷺ spoke about that if a person fasts this one day then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala expiates an entire year worth of sins may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive all of our sins.

So another thing to thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for but specifically when the Prophet ﷺ enters into the Medina and the messenger of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala finds that the Jewish community of the Medina is fasting this day in gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for the victory of Musa alaihi s-salam over for their own and the Prophet ﷺ says

we have more right to Musa alaihi s-salam we are closer to Musa alaihi s-salam than you we love Musa alaihi s-salam and we celebrate as well and he ordered it to be a day of fasting but there's a quality here and Subhanallah we come into the Hijrah which is of course what we mark our years by and we come specifically into this 10th day and there was something that stood out to me about this and it ties with us.

It ties what Ashura is attributed to in the Athar and the narrations before this incident of Musa alaihi s-salam and what we know of what happened historically on this day all the way from whether the narrations of this being the day in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala saved Nuh alaihi s-salam

and his people to the Prophet ﷺ making the Hijrah to Musa alaihi s-salam being given victory to Al-Husayn radiallahu ta'ala and his martyrdom on this day on a day of Friday on the day of Ashura there's something that ties all of it together and that is with whom is Allah's favor and support and aid and what qualities bring about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala support.

Something striking in the Qur'an about that there are only two occasions in the Qur'an where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaks about his ma'iyyah, his being present with a people or with a person on the tongue of a Prophet only two occasions and they both specifically tie into this span of two weeks that we're speaking about.

The Hijrah of the Prophet ﷺ and Musa alaihi s-salam. When Allah says that he is with someone, he is with someone. Typically we find this with qualities in the Qur'an.

Allah is with the believers. Allah is with the patience. Allah is with the people of piety. Allah is with the people who have piety and those who excel in good deeds. Allah is with these categories of people but to specific incidents they're only two.

One of them is when the Prophet ﷺ is in the cave with Abu Bakr al-Sadiq al-Yallahu wa ta'ala on him in the Hijrah as they are on their way to the Medina and they hear the footsteps and they see the feet of those that are trying to kill them.

Effectively, this is the end of the journey and the Prophet ﷺ says to his companion, la tahzan inna Allah ma'ana. Do not grieve Allah is with us.

So this is one occasion where we find Allah's being with someone on the tongue of a Prophet of Allah being established.

With our messenger Muhammad ﷺ in those moments where he and Abu Bakr al-Sadiq al-Yallahu wa ta'ala on him can see the feet of the enemy and danger is imminent.

It's a matter of moments, it's a matter of them looking down, seeing them in the cave and ending them.

There was no secret about what their intentions were when they found the Prophet ﷺ, the intention was to kill him.

And the Prophet ﷺ in those moments says to Abu Bakr al-Yallahu wa ta'ala on him, inna Allah ma'ana Allah is with us.

And the other incident happens to be Musa Ali ﷺ, the only other incident. The Prophet Moses peace be upon him when he is at the final moment of being pursued by the army of Pharaoh.

Danger is imminent once again, you are about to be killed and your people are saying inna Allah ma'ana. We've been caught.

Imagine hearing the army of Pharaoh behind you and they make no secret of their intentions, they will mutilate you, they will cut you into pieces, they will do all sorts of horrible things with you.

And in that moment Musa Ali ﷺ says, he says, he says, no no, Allah is with me and he will guide me.

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